York College to Host Second Annual York Entrepreneurship Symposium
Posted October 9, 2007FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
YORK, Pa. - York College of Pennsylvania will host the Second Annual York Entrepreneurship Symposium from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 3 in Iosue Student Union on the YCP campus.
The Symposium will be held in conjunction with York Regional Entrepreneurship Week, October 29 - November 2, 2007. The event will include workshops, small group discussion and consultation with business faculty and professionals. Morning workshop topics include Starting a Part-Time Business, Show Me The Money, and The Urban Entrepreneur. Afternoon workshops include Entrepreneurship as a 2nd Career, Growing Your Existing Business, and Women Entrepreneurs: Opportunities & Challenges. Participants may choose one workshop to attend in each session. Advance registration is required. The $20 fee includes refreshments and lunch.
Special workshops for high school and college students interested in entrepreneurship will include How to be an Entrepreneur in 10 Days and Financial Literacy Skills. These sessions will be led by the Students in Free Enterprise organization at YCP. Students must register but will attend at no charge as guests of York College.
Register online no later than October 25 at http://www.ycp.edu/business. Scroll down to select "York Entrepreneurship Symposium" for a registration form. Please refer questions to the J.D. Brown Center at 717-815-6601. Information about other events that are part of the York Regional Entrepreneurship Week can be found at http://www.yorkkiz.org/.
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York College's Department of Business and the J.D. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship have partnered with the York Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ), the York County Economic Development Corporation, the Ben Franklin Technology Partnership at Penn State Harrisburg, and the Investors Circle of York (ICY) to sponsor events to support entrepreneurs.
